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Of hour dramas and wanted to try something brand-new. >> we're the police! we have a warrant for your arrest. >> so his idea was to combine a gritty cop show with a broadway musical. >> i saw one in which a bunch of gang bangers were in jail. they began to sing. life in the hood ain't no pizza pie, everybody die when the bullets fly. ♪ life in the hood ain't no pizza pie, people die when bullets fly ♪ >> and i said wait a minute. i thought this is it. this is great. this is going to be as innovative as anything i have ever done. ♪ he is guilty, he is guilty, judge, you can see it in his ...

See how they could do things different five or ten years ago. sometimes that led to really challenging network television that was cool and fun to watch. and sometimes it seemed to fall off the edge a little bit. ♪ let's be careful out there >> at the time, steven bochco was a very successful producer of hour dramas and wanted to try something brand-new. >> we're the police! we have a warrant for your arrest. >> so his idea was to combine a gritty cop show with a broadway musical. >> i saw one in which a bunch of gang bangers were in jail. they began to sing. life in the hood ain't no pizza ...

"miami vice." it's a show with an old theme but a lot of new twists. described by one critic as containing flashes of brilliance, nonetheless, shot entirely on location in south miami, the story centers around two undercover vice cops. >> i don't know how this is going to work, tubbs. i mean, not exactly up my alley style and persona-wise. heaven knows i'm no box of candy. >> television very much was the small screen. it was interesting about tony's pilot screenplay for "miami vice." it was not that. very much the approach was, okay, they call this a television series. but we're going to make ...

Containing flashes of brilliance, shot entirely on location in south miami, the story centers around two undercover vice cops. >> i don't know how this is going to work, tubbs. i mean, not exactly up my alley style and persona-wise. heaven knows i'm no box of candy. >> television very much was the small screen. it was interesting about tony's pilot screenplay for "miami vice," it was not that. very much the approach was, okay, they call this a television series. but we're going to make one-hour movies every single week. >> here we go. stand by. >> action. >> police. >> you were just describing...

>> why would george papadopoulos lie to the nib? you've worked with mueller, why -- anybody's watched a cop show and knows -- >> well, they haven't been watching mat lock. >> i think he thought -- i'm reading into his mind, which i'm not very good at. i think he thought he could get away with it or thought he was protective of the institution he worked for and may want to work for, it makes no sense objectively, why would you lie when the fbi asks you a question. . he had to have some rational for it. usually it's because they think they'll get away with it. >> he was a small fish in a big pon...